Steel News

American Zinc To Be Acquired Through US$450M Deal

17 June 2021 - Mill environmental services contractor American Zinc Recycling is being sold to Luxembourg-based Befesa S.A., giving it its first North America operation and a foothold in the growing EAF steelmaking market in United States.

Volvo, SSAB Partner on Green Steel Development

16 June 2021 - Swedish automaker Volvo will collaborate with SSAB on developing fossil-fuel-free steels for the auto industry, SSAB has said.

voestalpine Patents DR Process

15 June 2021 - voestalpine has received a European patent for sponge iron production process that uses green hydrogen and biogas, the company has announced.

Electrical Steel Line Coming to Big River Steel

11 June 2021 - United States Steel Corporation plans to invest US$450 million in an electrical steel line at its Big River mill in Arkansas.

Metinvest Lays Plans for US$1B Cold Mill

11 June 2021 - Ukrainian steelmaker Metinvest will build a US$1 billion cold-rolled mill at its Ilyich Steel facility in Mariupol and has named Danieli as the primary technology supplier.

Tenaris Bar Mill Completes Upgrades, Re-Enters Service

11 June 2021 - Tenaris has restarted its Koppel, Pa., USA, meltshop after making US$15 million in upgrades to the facility.

ABS Starts Highly Automated Wire Rod Mill

10 June 2021 - Acciaierie Bertoli Safau, the steelmaking arm of Danieli, has inaugurated a new, 500,000-metric-ton wire rod mill in Udine, Italy.

Cliffs Cuts the Ribbon on HBI Plant

10 June 2021 - Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. on Wednesday celebrated the first six months of its new direct reduction plant in Ohio.

Outokumpu Appoints New Americas President

09 June 2021 - The acting president of Outokumpu’s North and South American business unit has been given the job on a permanent basis.

Nucor Contracts KOCKS for Bar Mill Upgrade

08 June 2021 - German bar mill specialist KOCKS GmbH & Co. KG has received an order from Nucor for a 3-roll reducing and sizing block.

Tubemaker to Set Up Mill at SDI Site

07 June 2021 - Bull Moose Tube Co. has announced plans to build a 350,000-ton pipe and tube mill on the campus of a new flat-rolled steel mill in Texas.

Danieli Completes Nucor Gearbox Rebuild

03 June 2021 - Danieli has remanufactured and delivered a rolling mill stand pinion gearbox to Nucor Corp.’s Gallatin sheet mill in Kentucky, the equipment manufacturer reports.

Primetals Technologies Reports Successful Start-Up of Cast-Roll Line

01 June 2021 - An unidentified Chinese steel producer has started up a new Primetals Technologies Arvedi Endless Strip Production line and produced its first coil, according to the equipment manufacturer.

Gerdau Opts for Danieli Electrode Regulation System

01 June 2021 - Gerdau will outfit seven of its Brazilian mills with Danieli’s Q-REG electrode regulator system, according to the equipment manufacturer.

SDI Wins Permit for Texas Mill

21 May 2021 - Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI) has received the wastewater discharge permit for its Sinton, Texas, flat-rolled mill, reports the (Corpus Christi, Texas) Caller Times newspaper.

Rebuilt SMS group Cold Mill Produces First Coil

21 May 2021 - Russia’s Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) has produced the first coil on a rebuilt 2-stand cold rolling mill, according to project contractor SMS group.

HKM Enlists Paul Wurth for Syngas Project

20 May 2021 - Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann GmbH has chosen SMS group’s Paul Wurth unit to provide the engineering for a syngas generation and injection plant that would serve its two blast furnaces.

thyssenkrupp Explores Greater Scrap Use in Blast Furnaces

19 May 2021 - thyssenkrupp Steel and a German scrap recycler will together test a new process that could allow greater quantities of scrap to be used in blast furnace production, reducing carbon dioxide emissions.

With Air Permit in Hand, CMC Looks to Begin Equipping New Mill

19 May 2021 - Commercial Metals Company (CMC) has received an air permit for its planned micro-mill in Mesa, Ariz., clearing the way for mill construction to begin.

Primetals Technologies Expands Indian Iron Ore Pelletizing Portfolio

19 May 2021 - Primetals Technologies has signed a licensing agreement allowing it to sell and supply Metso Outotec Oyj’s straight grate iron ore pelletizing technology in the Indian market.